[Mr. Game & Watch]

It was yet another prosperous day with the disease-less dome. The sky suggested that it was a pleasant day, at least as pleasant as the gloom of Li’s atmosphere could offer. A few civilians could even say that they spotted the sun peeking through the rough clouds every now and again, which was more than the usual day. Even the shadiest end of town, the black market, seemed somewhat accessible to those who dared not to step foot in it. It was the perfect day to get some gardening done.

Being the great detective that he was, it wasn’t much of a struggle for Vector to find King K Rool’s hideout. Sure, it was more subtle than Eggman’s technological tower and Bowser’s self-indulgent dug-out, but the leads all came back to the warehouse. The place looked no different than any other manufacturer’s warehouse, made of wood and other scraps that were left over from a more important structure. Though given what the King Koopa had in store for it, it’d look a lot more distinguishable afterwards. Vector had also read up that some sort of false generator had blown a hole into the building’s roof, but apparently that had been patched up. The place’s setup was so mismatched he couldn’t even tell what would look out of place.

The crocodile himself was hidden amongst an alley way not too far from the facility, he notified the other members of his attack force of the whereabouts. Luckily for the three of them they wouldn’t be deal with the full force of the Kremling’s army, only a portion of it since they were divided up into different tasks. Some were still waging war with the Eggbots elsewhere in the Life Sphere, while others were at the local prison with their own deeds to deal with. If they were lucky maybe they could eliminate one of the factions of this civil war and have the fighting be done with. Having one enemy was enough.

Vector awaited the other two with his back against a grimy wall, arms crossed, and head bobbing while he listened to his trademark playlist to get him pumped up for this mission. A small portion of K Rool’s army was more than he’d like to handle, but perhaps the Piranha Plants would prove to be faster at sprouting than that of most plants. He wouldn’t know. It may seem somewhat irresponsible for them to let the plants flourish and then leave them, but they were bred to attack Kremlings exclusively so that cut down on civilian incidents. At least that was what Bowser had told him. Vector felt he could trust the tyrant on his word, but perhaps he was stretching his ability to trust.

READY?GO!

[Coolshaymin]

Charmy the Bee flew through the alleys of the Black Market in a unusually happy tone for being in a place full of crime and whatever. However, Charmy did not care how weird this would look, he's too happy, and not like it mattered with his childish innocence. Charmy did not actually read the tip Vector gave him, no, instead Charmy decided to celebrate his reunion with his old boss by trying to figure it out with Vector's way of thinking. All that time he spent with Team Chaotix was truly about to pay off, for if Charmy deduced what Vector deduced that would make him a great detective too!

The happy bee flew down the alleys towards the warehouse singing to himself in an upbeat manner, "Flowers, flowers, we are going to plant some flowers and they are going to bloom for Bousir!~" Charmy sung in his childish ignorance. Not only does he not know Bowser's proper name, Charmy had no idea why he wanted to plant on another guy's lawn. Oh well! Not only was he going to get some time with his old friend he was also going to do his next favorite thing, playing with flowers. As Charmy rounded the corner to the Warehouse where Vector stood, he stopped singing and tears of joy went down Charmy's face as hit really was his old leader. Charmy immediately flew towards Vector at a very fast speed, not one Vector would be unuse to, but still pretty quick. He tried to embrace Vector in a hug as he expressed how much he missed his boss.

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The black market. A place where criminals can gather. Whether any of them were around or not, they did not know. Thet didn't know anyone or anything as a matter of fact. Only the two names on the list were the names things he knew. It didn't really care for much anyways.

He followed his old ally's instructions on where to find the building. It looks pretty shabby from it's view. Another set of instructions was given to the store hands on where to meet a ally. Following them, he saw one of the members. A green reptile that appeared bipedal. Strange. The two approached the creature slowly, hovering off the ground not making a sound. The eyes were wide open taking in everything on him. Headphones, although he didn't know what exactly they were, golden chain necklace, shoes. Seems like he thought he was human. Another animal flew into view attaching itself to the croc. Knew each other maybe. The hands lowered themselves to the ground with a thud. The fingers on each hand waved as if he was getting ready for something. Sand and small pieces of rocks fell from straight cuts between his Fingers.

[Mr. Game & Watch]

The lime crocodile should have known better than to let his guard down, especially when he knew that Charmy signed on for the mission. The punishment for his mistake, the bee’s sneak attack hug. Anyone could have heard his buzzing from a mile away, but with how loud the music was blasting through his headphones Vector couldn’t even hear a bomb detonate next to him. The little bee boy somehow managed a tackling hug with his stumpy little arms around the saurian’s torso. It was enough force to nearly knock him off his feet.

In one swift motion, he turned his volume down a few notches and grabbed his employee by the cranium with one massive hand. “Charmy! Calm down and keep quiet, we’re supposed to be somewhat incognito here. Now’s not the time” he grumbled to the little bee. While yes, Vector did miss having the little bugger around it was when it came to mission time that he kind of didn’t. That’s where he and Espio were different. One was really serious and made for a good detective/ninja, whatever he wanted to refer to himself as, but outside of work there wasn’t much to him. Whereas Charmy made for someone good to talk to, well sometimes, but if there was ever a flaw in any of his plans it was usually the bee behind it. He supposed subtlety didn’t matter all that much in this mission though. They were bound to be spotted by somebody, it wasn’t like their work was that inconspicuous.

Though as the two squabbled amongst each other, some sort of rock creature made his way onto the scene. Vector had a hunch that the thing was the one called Eyerok, with his appearance it wasn’t a shot in the dark for that one. Although some sort of play on the fact that he was basically two gigantic hands wasn’t outside of the realm of possibility name wise. The crocodile stared back at the creature’s palm eyes with his mouth somewhat agape. Given that he was a crocodile he usually looked this way anyway. He still wore Charmy on him like one of his gold chains though. “Um, you must be Eyerok? We have the entire gang here then” Vector explained as he reached into his sleek boot. He pulled out a handful of little beady seeds and displayed them in his palm. “Alright, these are the seeds. They can be planted pretty much anywhere, any surface. All we gotta do is place’em and let’em grow. Sounds easy, but K Rool’s not gonna make it so.”

[Coolshaymin]

Charmy wouldn't normally calm down after being grabbed by Vector, but at the mention of being incognito sounded like an order to Charmy. Charmy after a bit managed to calm down but it was true he would not be easy to keep control of the whole mission as well as still hanging on. Charmy turned his head at the mention of Eyerok's name and became distracted and flew to him. "He looks so cool!" At Vector's explaination Charmy turned back to him and listened, "Right! I love flowers and consider gardening a second job," Charmy said though he hasn't seemed to do any gardening outside of opening Warp Flowers.

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Piranha plants. They had seen a few of those back in his world when the time was right. Carnivorous vegetation munch on anything within vicinity of them. Sounded like a act of impish fun to him. The eyes looked upon the talking croc who had the bee clung to him. A young one from its voice.

Responding to the reptile in front of them, "Yes... We plant?" The eyes looked upon the seeds in his hand. The need to sleep was catching onto the hands and with the interruptions of the three, they lost precious time.

[Mr. Game & Watch]

Vector just casually sighed at Charmy’s commentary. At least the bee was enthusiastic about the work. He let the child free from his grasp once again knowing that his current volume was going to be as low as he could possibly get him to be at. He poured a fraction of the collection of seeds he had cupped in his hand and then approached the giant rock creature. He investigated the being with a slightly lowered jaw. Given that he (it was a he right?) was only a titan’s pair of hands, he wasn’t sure where exactly he should place them securely. The crocodile pulled a sack filled with more of the tiny seedlings from his other boot and tossed them in front of the being made completely from stone.

“Okay, here’s the plan. Since there’s only three of us, we’ll divide around the building and meet back up at the front. I’ll be taking the left. Eyerok, you have the right. Charmy you have the back. We will spread the seeds along the ground then meet back up at the front to spread the rest of what we have, since the front will be the heaviest and possibly only place that we’ll see resistance. It’s too simple a plan for my liking, but it’s what Bowser suggested and frankly we don’t have the resources or the number of hands my plan would require. It’s not important though, we go now.”

After finishing his speech, Vector raced out of the alley way and circled around to area where he instructed himself to go. The walls lacked any windows, so he couldn’t be seen just yet, it was a very old fashion warehouse and most buildings around the Life Sphere tended to lack some structural luxuries. He tossed the seeds around the area like he was some sort of flower girl at a wedding. It was better to do this quick before anyone could catch on with what was going on. When they returned to the front the Kremlings wouldn’t probably make notice of their doings around the rest of the building.

[Coolshaymin]

Charmy took the seeds happily and did a salute to Vector's instructions with his free hand, "Yes sir!" Charmy figured the easiest and fastest way to the back was over the building and since he could fly, that would be an easy task. Charmy flew over the building and landed in the back undetected.

Charmy then started to plant the seeds in the seeds in a more professional manner than Vector. However he did know incognito might mean some speed was needed so he doing it quickly as well... Though he still talked quietly, "Come on little flowers. I hope you grow big and strong," Though this seemed foolish and ridiculous, it is said that flowers grow better if they are talked to and planted with care. So maybe this might actually help later. Of course, Charmy wasn't even considering this and just being himself. Once he was done, he jumped up to prepare to fly to the front.

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(With my playthroughs and research, I believe it's genderless. I'm sorry I keep referring to Eyerok as a male; not used to it.)

The left hand pinched the top of the bag with its index and thumb. Following the instructions, the two headed to the right of the building. Eyerok had never gardened but he was pretty sure it wasn't too hard. The empty hand held out its index finger and with the blocky point end of its finger it scratched at the ground, leaving a hole in the ground. Tipping the bag over with his other hand, the seeds poured out of the bag into the poorly made hole. Then covering the hole with other dirt. It looked like some had clumped up something beneath it but this was easy to fix. The flat bottom of the hand dropped itself over the hole to flatten the pile. Now it looked like nothing had happened. The two hands hovered back to the spot where Vector was. The left hand dropped the bag where they met, the contents of it empty.

[Mr. Game & Watch]

Vector circled around the building and back to the front in a matter of seconds, though he seemed somewhat out of breath when he halted near the entrance. The being of stone seemed to meet him there with just as much ease as the lime lizard. As he tried to regain his breath through his elongated jaws he provided the ancient set of hands a thumbs up in accordance to the job. “See… told yah. Piece of cake” he reassured the being as he tossed the few seeds he had left casually against the ground. “Now we just have to wait for Charmy and all will be settled.” Right as he finished his sentence, green vines began to crawl up the sides of the building.

As Charmy began to ascend over the roof of the building to meet up with his other allies in arms, a rather large hatch on the top of the scrap metal shelter popped open. From the hole arose a strange reptilian creature in a maroon trench coat with ridiculously huge and metallic hooked hands. The creature pulled itself up with its hooks and carefully set itself down on the unstable rooftop. His beady reptilian eyes honed in on the bee. His claw returned into the dark hole behind it and it returned with a barrel labeled TNT caught in its hook. The Kremling grinded its claws together to start a spark and light the wick jutting out of the explosive’s top. It didn’t take long for the creature to fling the barrel directly at the insect and as it neared Charmy’s position the wick met what the box contained and erupted.

The TNT barrel’s explosion wasn’t something to be easily missed by either of the bystanders, whether the sound of it was what caught their attention or merely the sudden flicking of flames that arose from the other end of the building. “Ah, what did Charmy do this time?” Vector complained as he shook his head in disapproval. “Come on, we gotta get over there” the detective commanded as he leapt onto the rugged wall and began to scale the building.

[Coolshaymin]

Charmy happy gaze changed as he saw the Kroc. "Oh no! Scary crocodile!" Charmy said in terror. Then when he looked like he was going back in Charmy thought he could escape only to be shocked as it brought out a TNT barrel. Charmy had little time to think as the barrel was thrown at him, there was only one thing he could do. Charmy flapped his wings as hard as he could in an attempt to send the barrel back, but it was too fast and heavy. Fortunately, Charmy was able to slow down the barrel enough so the explosion did not hit him directly but he was still hit by some force that sent him plummeting back to the ground of the roof. Where he slowly got back up but not undamaged. It could've been worse though if the barrel did hit him directly. Fortunately, Charmy's weren't too damaged to fly but they were not in great shape either. "Flying over the building was a bad idea..." Charmy noted to himself.

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The azure colored eyes looked upon the in which there was blast of something. This kid was up to no good. Vector began to scale the building. Eyes on the croc as he climbed, Eyerok wasn't exactly sure how it could climb such a thing. It's stone hands would possibly destroy the building because of his weight, or at least so they thought. "Another way..." the hands muttered to themselves. The stone being closed its eyes and slowly began to hover up off the ground, keeping at a steady pace till reaching the top.

[Mr. Game & Watch]

With Charmy’s swift tactics he was able to ward off the explosive barrel far enough that the flickering flames of the blast didn’t engulf him. The shockwave was powerful though and knocked him out of the air and onto the same surface as the crocodilian. They weren’t close, thankfully for the bee because the reptile seemed far more capable with close quarters combat.

The explosion was enough to send shivers down the trench coated individual’s spine. It was an enjoyable feeling of adrenaline, it even made his teeth chatter. His failure at roasting the insect was somewhat irritating, but it seemed to be less of a pressing matter. Vines began to sprout over the edge of the roof with small red buds starting to develop at the end of it. The Kremling knew that it meant nothing good for their warehouse, so he fled back to his hatch and started to rapidly knock on its metal door. “We got company” the thing announced down the hole in a lowly tone. Suddenly it charged at Charmy, running like a gorilla except he used his hooks as fists.

From the hole leapt out another being, this one being inherently shorter than the last. The Kremling wielded two cutlasses larger than its own body and let the gravity of them naturally lean against the ground. She twisted her head around and took note of a large rock being that was trying to make its way onto the scene. “Hey! You didn’t say anything about a rock golem!” the tiny croc complained to its partner before lifting both its blades and shambling toward the enemy, both her weapons pointing to the sky.

Held Items: Massive Hooks Reward: 1 Barrel Canon and 1 Kackle AT HP: 0%

Held Items: Dual Cutlasses Reward: 1 Twin Blades Item HP: 0%

The lime crocodile finally placed his gloved hand on the rafter of the building, poking his head over the side. Two Kremlings had already discovered their operation. It was to be expected, but this early in the mission? Well, Charmy also had to be factored in, so he was surprised they weren’t caught sooner. The crocs didn’t seem too tough, so they could probably stomp them out before they actually became a real threat to their mission. Vector rolled onto the roof when his grip was good enough and watched idly as the young looking crocodile charged toward his bodiless companion. Why there were only two of them he wasn’t sure, one would think that at least three would be sufficient enough to counter them.

[Coolshaymin]

Charmy was thinking all hope may be lost for him until he saw Eyeroc somehow levitating up the building. Yes! His friends must of been alerted by the explosion! No time to jump for joy yet though, the scary crocodile from earlier was running at him and looked like he was about to punch the bee even though his hands were hooks. Well, if anybody specializes in charging headfirst, it is Sonic and friends. Charmy flew towards the Kremling and when the Crocodile was about to punch him, Charmy took his chance and did a spin jump at the Kremling's face and used his stinger to add power by stinging him right in the eye before letting momentum aid the bee to the other side of the Scary Croc. At least, that is his plan and hoped it would work.

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Upon arriving at the top, which took quite a bit since Eyerok was not used to doing such, the stone guardian caught quick glimpse of the croc heading towards him but the hands could not react fast enough. However, they were fast enough to shut their eyes which shortened the damage dealt to them since the blades slashed both palms; where the eye was more specifically. The hands stopped moving and dropped to the roof with a thud. "Puny reptile... You hurt... wrong one," the being spoke before lashing out a hand towards the small reptile in front of them. Eyerok was certain this move, Vice Grip, would work since the enemy was right in front of him. If his senses worked, he would crush the thing between his fingers and palm, keeping his the palms eye closed in case the blades touched it.